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Cheapest stations within 5 miles of LN6 for Unleaded

PS DIESEL IS 134.7p/Litre
	130.7p	Asda Lincoln Newark Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 8JY Asda, 0.42 miles away, last updated on 3 September
	130.9p	Sainsburys Lincoln Tritton Road, Lincoln, LN6 7QN Sainsburys, 1.7 miles away, last updated on 4 September
	130.9p	Morrisons Lincoln Tritton Road, Lincoln, LN6 7QL Morrisons, 3.82 miles away, last updated on 4 September
	131.9p	Tesco Lincoln 1 Canwick Road, Lincoln, LN5 8HS Tesco, 4.83 miles away, last updated on 4 September
	132.9p	Tcs Thorpe On The Hill Middle Lane, Thorpe On The Hill, Lincoln, LN6 9AJ Total, 2.46 miles away, last updated on 4 September

Cheapest stations within 5 miles of LS16 for Unleaded

	130.9p	Morrisons Swinnow Road Swinnow Road, Bramley, Leeds, LS13 4QX Morrisons, 3.61 miles away, last updated on 4 September
	131.9p	Shell Horsforth Broadway Ring Road, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4DF Shell, 1.05 miles away, last updated on 3 September
	131.9p	Morrisons Kirkstall Savins Mill Way, Kirkstall, Leeds, LS5 3RP Morrisons, 2.16 miles away, last updated on 4 September
	131.9p	Riverside Service Station Kirkstall Road, Leeds, LS4 2QD Total, 2.8 miles away, last updated on 3 September
	131.9p	Shell Kirkstall Kirkstall Road, Leeds, LS4 2AH Shell, 3.56 miles away, last updated on 3 September

Cheapest stations within 5 miles of CA6 for Unleaded

	130.9p	Morrisons Carlisle Kingstown Road, Carlisle, CA3 0AD Morrisons, 4.78 miles away, last updated on 3 September
	133.9p	A74 Shell Carlisle Northbound A74 Northbound, Todhills Blackford, Carlisle, CA6 4HA Shell, 1.6 miles away, last updated on 3 September
	133.9p	Kingstown Filling Station Kingstown Road, Kingstown, Carlisle, CA3 0BN BP, 4.09 miles away, last updated on 4 September
	136.9p	Morton Self Serve Wigton Road, Carlisle, CA2 6JS BP, 4.81 miles away, last updated on 3 September
	137.9p	A74 Moss Connect Motorway Service Area Southbound A74 Southbound, Todhills Blackford, Carlisle, CA6 4HA BP, 1.51 miles away, last updated on 4 September

 Udon Thani has the highest rate of liver fluke cancer in the world.

Doctors say treating the Kingdom's most dangerous form of cancer which kills 50 Thais a day or 2 every hour.

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Flood death toll (Thailand) now at 161

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Udon Thani has highest rate of liver-fluke cancer in world
By Itthi C tan
The Nation
Udon Thani

Udon Thani has the worst rate of liver-fluke cancer in the world, say doctors treating the Kingdom's most dangerous form of cancer - which kills 50 Thais a day or 2 people every hour.

"Cholangiocarcinoma" is one of two types of liver-fluke cancer and "kills 90 per cent of the time," Dr Bancha Tanchavalit, from the Udon Thani Cancer Centre, says.

About 15,500 die from every year, mostly people in the Northeast. But Udon's toll is much higher.

"Here, 110 out of 100,000 men contract it. For women, it is 70-80 per 100,000 [people]."

The nationwide breakdown is 80 men per 100,000 and for women, the figure is 40.

Only 10 per cent survive because they detected the disease early. But these are rare as symptoms usually don't show up until the final stages.

The chief culprit is a microscopic parasite called "opisthorchiasis viverrini", which becomes imbedded in the liver after victims consume raw fish from rice fields and ponds. The parasite, however, is not found in seawater fish.

"Pain on the right side of the abdomen, loss of appetite, a low fever and jaundice are telling signs," he says. "Often they are also mistaken for something else."

Without treatment, the patient is dead within three to six months. The only chance of survival is to surgically remove infected parts.

"That extends life for a year or two. In a few cases, they may live five years." Bancha says. But chemotherapy and radiation were useless against the disease.

There are 55,000 cases of all types of cancer every year in Thailand.

"Liver fluke cancer makes up a third of these cases," says Dr Thiravud Khuhaprema, head of the National Cancer Institute, based in Bangkok.

"The forecast for next year is 74,000 cases," he says. "Cholangio-carcinoma cancer is expected to rise correspondingly."

So concerned are doctors that a multi-million baht campaign with help from schools and village volunteers has begun, with sponsorship support from Bayer Thai, a leading pharmaceutical company.

Bayer Thai believes the many community events and nationwide media programmes including TV advertising will create awareness and lower the death rate.

"The best way to fight it is to prevent it," says a volunteer.

This cancer is largely due to eating contaminated fish. "All cases found the same parasite."

By targeting students, doctors hope youngsters may teach parents to eat only cooked fish, which is safe as intense heat kills the parasite.

The cost of prevention is also less costly than treatment.

"Surgery takes four and five hours," says Bancha who has fought the cancer for 30 years. "The bill is between Bt40,000 and Bt50,000, often beyond the means of many sufferers."

Worse, there are few surgeons who can operate on them. "In Udon, there are less than 10 doctors who can perform the operation."

Another culprit linked to this cancer is "Nitosamine", a carcinogenic agent directly involved in causing cancer.

Nitosamine is commonly found in fermented fish sauce and fermented proteins and pickled fish and meats.

"To make fermented fish sauce safe, all you have to do is boil it," says Bancha. "But not all sellers do this."

Adding to the problem is ignorance and misinformation.

"The myth is the parasites and carcinogens can be killed by drinking lots of alcohol like whisky.

"Another is they believe marinating lime into raw fish kills them. But these are proven by tests to be completely untrue."

Bancha says many farmers admit knowing that eating raw fish and unsafe fermented fish sauce is risky and can lead to cancer.

"But they stubbornly refuse to give up this culinary culture, which is deeply ingrained in Isaan."

Medical authorities and Bayer Thai have worked to increase awareness through campaigns in 19 Northeast


-- The Nation 2010-11-07

THE RADICAL AND ROSE ARE LEAVING UDON THANI

YES ! ---RETURNING TO THE UK

WE ARE PACKING UP !

WE HAVE FOR SALE  :-

1 MAZDA PICKUP BT 50 with ABS /EBD – 2 YEARS OLD – 30,000 kms

UNDER WARRANTY AND MAZDA SERVICED- ASKING 450,000baht  for cash

WE RENT A 3 BED 3 BATHROOM HOUSE

COMPLETE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ELECTRICAL, KITCHEN

FREEZER, COOKER ,OVEN AND GAS, FRIDGE,WASHING MACHINE

2 AIR CONDITIONERS – REMOVED FROM SITU -FREE

ALL SEEN WORKING

KITCHEN UNITS & DBLE SINK, MICROWAVE

HARDWOOD TABLE AND 4 SOLID CHAIRS

3 PIECE SETTEE AND ARM CHAIRS

44” TV +  27 & 21” TV’s & ELECTRIC FANS

COMPUTER DESKS, CUPBOARDS & CHAIRS

BOOK CASES

DBLE BEDS AND MATTRESSES

WARDROBES, DRESSING TABLES

CURTAINS

VACUUM CLEANER

STEP LADDER

FILING CABINETS

BATHROOM WATER HEATER

VHS PLAYER & DVD PLAYER

LOTS OF SMALL TOOLS AND ORNAMENTS

KUT CHAP ROAD- BAAN HANSA- SOI 12 – 640/49

IF YOU ARE IN UDON THANI AREA OR ISSAN AND WANT TO COME AND SEE, PLEASE CONTACT ME HERE AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

SELLING OFFICIALLY FROM 1^st NOVEMBER.2010

BUT FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.

UDON THANI

 HOME CABLE

 Seems the Premier League is off the menu ?

Last year we had some Championship matches repeats

But at least we had one Barclays Premier match live and repeats

Is this an opportunity to save 350 bht a month ?

 COST OF LIVING

 I am going to the UK soon and each time I go I find the costs of living rising in one way or another on everyday costs.

Bus fares – I get to travel free but the Rose gets charged £1.50 for a 20 minute journey.

We worked it out and compared it to travelling by Tuk Tuk taxi here.

You don’t get far for 75 baht.

Try going to Asda or Tesco and come out spending less than £20 or 1000 baht.

 VISAS

I am protesting at paying 2500 baht to the British Embassy and Thai Immigration for a letter stating my annual UK income which as a pensioner is the same as last year and the year before ( almost ).

I am getting a one year O visa at Hull for £100 and intend to travel abroad every 3 months instead of a Retirement visa for me and a marriage visa for the rose which costs 11200 baht.

Of course I will get up to 15 months worth of visa for one years funds as I used to do.

It’s a principle thing too!

But there is one other issue. I am not tied to LOS and have come to understand tacky Thailand and the need to keep one eye on the political situation and two on the currency exchange.

What’s your impression of the situation here ?

PHU FOI LOM

LAST TIME I WENT HERE FROM UDON THANI I TOOK THE WRONG TURNING AGAIN.

LOTS OF ENGLISH SIGN POST DIRECTIONS WHERE THEY ARE NOT NEEDED,BUT AT JUNCTION’S WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED- NOTHING.

IT’S A THAI THING !

THE ROAD IS FAST AND SMOOTH UNTIL YOU COME TO POT HOLE ALLY AND THEN IT RETURNS TO A BETTER MACADAM.

I WRITE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN GOING FOR YEARS BUT NEVER CHALLENGED FOR “BIG” MONEY UNTIL LAST TIME. I REFUSED AND CAME HOME.

THIS TIME I TOOK A CAR LOAD, OF PHILIPPINES AT 12.30PM AND LO AND BEHOLD NO- ONE THERE TO COLLECT THE “FEE”- YES IT WAS LUNCHTIME BUT AN HOUR and a HALF LATER ON OUR DEPARTURE HE HAD RETURNED TO THE COLLECTING POST.

MOTTO OF THIS STORY IS GO AT 12.30pm.

AS ALMOST EVERYTHING THERE IS WRITTEN IN THAI ONLY, I DO NOT FEEL IT A TOURIST SITE AND THAT I SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE WAT WAT.

ICE CREAMS AT 15 BAHT WERE ENJOYED AFTER A LONG WALK AND LOSTS OF PHOTOS.

IN THE PAST I HAVE EITHER BOUGHT PLANTS OR GIVEN 20 BAHT TO EACH LADY WORKER STRUGGLING IN THE HEAT TO KEEP THE GARDENS IN SUCH BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.

I DON”T KNOW THE CORRECT VISITOR FEE FOR PHU FOI LOM – AS IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.

AT PHU PHRA BAT YOU GET A BROCHURE AND RECEIPT SO AT LEAST THEY DO MAKE AN EFFORT.

BUT I UNDERSTAND FEES HAVE RISEN THERE TOO.